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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Carnegie Mellon Historian, Collaborating Artists Debut "Casop: A Requiem for Rice"

“Casop: A Requiem for Rice” a new contemporary classical symphonic work that tells the stories of Africans enslaved on Lowcountry South Carolina and Georgia rice plantations, will premiere at 7 p.m., Feb. 13, at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland.
Monday, January 28, 2019

Alumnus, Students Join Pittsburgh Community at Racial Justice Summit

Kevin Jarbo, a President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Social and Decision Sciences Department, and Phoebe Dinh, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology, serve on the Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit’s planning committee.
Friday, January 25, 2019

Charting Your Course

Phil Simon (DC 1993) has gone from working in the world of corporate human resources to being his own boss.
Video, Photos from 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards
Friday, January 25, 2019

Video, Photos from 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards

The 20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards at Carnegie Mellon University brought together students from across western Pennsylvania.
Dietrich College Alumna Fights Human Trafficking With AI
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Dietrich College Alumna Fights Human Trafficking With AI

Emily Kennedy (DC 2012) transformed her senior honors thesis into a company that develops sophisticated machine learning tools to stop human trafficking.
A Lifelong Passion Drives This Champion for Diversity
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

A Lifelong Passion Drives This Champion for Diversity

Lisa Feigen Dugal (DC 1984) is a senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and leads Women in Technology and Academic/Strategic Partnerships.
The Latest Cool Classes in the Dietrich College
Friday, January 11, 2019

The Latest Cool Classes in the Dietrich College

Check out some of the intriguing courses from the fall semester, including data and rhetoric in storytelling and politics, as well as how technology is changing warfare.
Students’ End-of-Semester Projects Tackle Real-World Challenges
Friday, January 11, 2019

Students’ End-of-Semester Projects Tackle Real-World Challenges

Many Dietrich College courses throughout the fall 2018 semester culminated in capstone or final projects that focused on innovation, creativity and problem-solving.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards Reaches 20 Years
Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards Reaches 20 Years

What started as a small contest for a few Pittsburgh public schools has expanded into a program that reaches hundreds of students across western Pennsylvania every year.
Researchers and Designers At Play
Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Researchers and Designers At Play

Carnegie Mellon University’s Children’s School partners with departments across campus to conduct user testing for projects in areas such as software development and product design.
Effective Science Communication Begins With Collaboration
Monday, January 07, 2019

Effective Science Communication Begins With Collaboration

Baruch Fischhoff says the key to communicating scientific research is simple: Collaborate. His paper “Evaluating science communication” was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
From CMU to Capitol Hill: Alumna Heads To Washington
Thursday, January 03, 2019

From CMU to Capitol Hill: Alumna Heads To Washington

Susie Lee (DC 1989, HNZ 1990) is the U.S. representative-elect for Nevada’s 3rd congressional district. She graduate from CMU with a bachelor’s degree in policy and management from the Department of Social and Decision Sciences.
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